N95-1 v21.0.016 Available Now...

Recently there have been debating on the issue of the V21 firmware for the original N95 on our favourite micro blogging social website Jaiku. Although there has been some misinformation due to some regurgitating news (see my post on the V21 firmware here), something personally I hate doing myself. But now there is some light and truth in those regurgitations it seems.

Yes the V21 firmware is available according to PseudoFinn at Nokia Users the only catch being currently only at Nokia Service Centre. This means it is still not available via the NSU (Nokia Software Updater) yet. But surely it will be available very soon.
The update is available to all generic Euro and Middle Eastern product codes, if you have any of the following product codes, it should be ready for you:
0561829
0536065
0561270
0555020
0561019
0555012
0557077
0545831
0557061
0536074
0555029

The change log for this firmware update is already available and it includes some very interesting features, including Flashlite 3 support and Widget (web runtime) as well as general stability improvements. The full list compiled by N95 Users forum can be found below:

New features

• Flash Lite 3 support added
• Widget (Web runtime) support added
• Default year changed to 2008

Improvements

• General stability improvements.
• Pre-defined access point kept after switching to different type SIM card.
• Localization improvements.
• Standby time improvements.
• Improvements to BT headset interoperability.
• Improvement to Calendar data restoring.
• Switch from landscape to portrait mode & screen rotations improvements.

Browser

• Improvement to long text writing to web page text boxes.
• Browsing from WLAN wizard improvement.

Media Player

• Localizations improvements in Music player.
• Windows Media Player recognizes device as Nokia N95.

Gallery

• Image rotation improvement in album view.
• Gallery & Slideshow performance improvements.

Messaging

• Improvement to SMS reception.

Java

• Midlet installation improvement.
• Improvement to Java application start.
• Java midlet certificate checking improvement.

Navigation

• General improvements to Maps application.
• Localization correction to Search in Maps application.
• Improvement to Navigate To -function when started from search application.

SIM

• Contact names with accents and more than 11 characters can be copied to SIM card.

Keep your ears and eyes peeled for news when this update becomes available via the NSU as yours truly will be updating and letting you know on the vital information concerning the matter.